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  By Alan Ambrose · Posted 35 minutes ago
  
  I think the reality is that groundworks is a often a rough and ready process - maybe on a fine day with the right team it isn’t, but on a bad day or with a less skilled team it just is. 1/2 an inch is a good tolerance in groundworks, anything better is probably uneconomic. It is upsetting to a certain kind of person and I’m one of those. I have internal drainage out by up to 200mm in horizontal position and the same in invert level. And I suspect I have not discovered all the faults yet. I wish I hadn’t trusted my groundworks guys and looked over their shoulders more. Will it result in impossible-to-fix problems - probably not. Has it cost me much extra time and effort - definitely yes. I’ve resolved to buy a total station and do my own detail layout for the ‘next build’. My surveyor is good but a total station to use to check a position or level any time I want would be better.
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  By Crofter · Posted 5 hours ago
  
  That's a good point. I've worked in a few kitchens over the years and the stainless counters don't seem to flex that much. Maybe domestic ones are thicker because we tend to have them installed with a tiled splashback above, so any flex would eventually break the seal and lead to water damage. Commercial kitchens use freestanding units so don't have the same problem. Best place to find an old length of worktop is probably your local Facebook group or maybe Gumtree.
- best ideas (price) for a kitchen work top
  
  By lord mud of the flyes · Posted 5 hours ago
  
  But they use stainless steel in commerial kitchens So where is the best place to look for waste?
- best ideas (price) for a kitchen work top
  
  By Crofter · Posted 5 hours ago
  
  Depends on how far apart the supports are. Kitchen worktop is normally 44mm thick for stiffness. You don't want any bounce as you're chopping onions with all the ferocity of an aggrieved Gordon Ramsay. You'd probably be fine with thinner stuff, but at a guess I'd say half an inch would be minimum for a well supported worktop.
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